Many manufacturers include all possible antennas in the display panel regardless of which wireless options the laptop was configured with. e.g. the Lenovo laptops I used to work with often had WiFi, 3G, and Wireless USB antennas in the lid even though I virtually never saw one configured with anything but the WiFi adapter.

Color coding is unfortunately not standardized, but I'd bet you those are antennas for a 3G (cellular data) modem that was an option on that model that you didn't choose. Nice to know the antenna is in place if you ever want to add it aftermarket.

Okay - great to know then! So can I assume that if I plug those in incorrectly, I wouldn't fry anything except perhaps the 3G capability? Or should I hold fort until I figure out the exact order of the cables?
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Sudipta ChatterjeeJan 4 '12 at 20:37

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You won't fry anything, worst case is you get the antennas mixed up and WiFi or 3G work poorly or not at all. You may find that the WiFi or 3G miniPCI-e cards are labeled with the correct color wires (e.g. the 3G card might have its antenna ports labeled "MAIN/WHITE" and "AUX/BLACK" or similar).
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jcrawfordorJan 4 '12 at 20:52

Nope - the wireless card is the one on the right (covered by the white label). Thanks for the suggestion, but they aren't the wireless antenna wires - I know those! :)
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Sudipta ChatterjeeJan 4 '12 at 8:43